However, today's media marketplace reflects a troubling decline in the level of local journalism.

But, he said, "it's also irrelevant because if you look at the overall media marketplace, there have never been so many voices."

They thought that merger with too much power will harm the competition, diversity of the media marketplace and even the democracy of this country.

"Over all, the media marketplace was pretty weak in the first quarter," he added.

We want to preserve diversity in the media marketplace.

A competitive media marketplace must be our fundamental goal, but do we really want government to regulate what is popular?

Our decision revolved around the precept that internal growth was not adequate to a changing media marketplace.

It's a recognition that in today's media marketplace, the competition is stiffer than ever before.

Everything has changed except the importance of preserving a competitive media marketplace, open to multiple owners and programmers.

In Germany's brutal media marketplace, such a model may no longer be sustainable.